"Unusual paranormal romance, yet with realistic characters."

By: Lori Handeland

Genres: Romance Suspense | Romance Paranormal

Posted: July 13, 2006

Cassandra, fairly new in the witness protection system, is Priestess Cassandra, voodoo priestess and shop owner in New Orleans. She's also a Jager-Sucher (Hunter-Searcher), an operative of a secret government agency that hunts monsters. She's come to Haiti to find a voodoo practitioner who can supposedly raise the dead -- not just as zombies, but as actual, living flesh.

Cassandra hires Devon Murphy, local guide and fortune hunter, to take her into the jungles of Haiti to find the voodoo priest. The attraction between Cassandra and Devon is instant and mutual, the passion just about unstoppable. But Devon doesn't know that Cassandra really wants to find the voodoo priest not to kill him, but to find out how to raise her daughter from the grave. And Cassandra doesn't know that Devon is really after a huge diamond the priest is supposed to have.

I really liked MIDNIGHT MOON, Ms. Handeland's latest story about the Jager-Suchers. Cassandra is a heroine every mother can identify with, and Devon is the bad boy every woman remembers -- or wishes she did. The storyline is fresh and unusual, with realistic ancillary characters. It kept me wondering just exactly how it would work out all the way to the end. Familiar with Ms. Handeland's previous novels, I expected this to be a very good read -- and I was right!

Book Summary

Cassandra thought she had the perfect life until she suffered a devastating tragedy. Now she has a new identity as Priestess Cassandra, owner of a New Orleans voodoo shop, and a new purpose. A research trip for a paranormal secret society leads Cassandra to Haiti, where rumors fly of a sinister voodoo master, Jacques Mezareau, who can resurrect the dead. Fortune hunter Devon Murphy agrees to guide Cassandra there safely, but his sensual appeal promises danger of a different kind…

As Cassandra and Devon make their way to the eerie jungle village, their attraction explodes into an intoxicating desire, and Cassandra begins to question her resolve to never let another man into her life. Her attempts to resist Devon become more and more impossible. But when she succeeds in learning Jacques’s macabre ritual, her new powers may have come with a terrifying price. Now, haunted by violent dreams that grow more vivid as the midnight moon approaches, Cassandra must uncover the shocking truth about an ancient curse before it leads her to destroy herself—and everyone she loves…

Midnight Moon by Lori Handeland

Midnight Moon

by: Lori Handeland

Nightcreature #5

St. Martin's Press
August 1, 2006
Featuring: Priestess Cassandra; Jacques Mezareau; Devon Murphy
352 pages
ISBN: 0312938497
EAN: 9780312938499
Paperback

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